Sandwich-type deoxyribonucleic acid hybridization assays based on enzyme amplified time-resolved fluorometry

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Abstract

We report microtiter well-based sandwich-type DNA hybridization assays using enzyme amplified time-resolved fluorometry of Tb3+ chelates. The target DNA was hybridized with two adjacent and non-overlapping oligonucleotide probes, one oligonucleotide serving as the capture probe and the other as the detection probe. Two ligand-specific binding protein pairs were used alternately for capture of the hybrids to the solid phase and detection; the biotin-streptavidin and the digoxigenin-anti-digoxigenin interaction. In both cases, alkaline phosphatase was used as a reporter molecule and diflunisal phosphate as a substrate. The catalytic hydrolysis of the substrate produces diflunisal which forms ternary fluorescent complex with Tb(3+)-EDTA. Furthermore, we studied the effect of the probe labeling method and the position of the label on the sensitivity of the assays. The data suggest that capture of the hybrids through biotin-streptavidin and detection via digoxigenin-anti-digoxigenin offer 2-3 times higher sensitivity than the reverse configuration. The highest sensitivity was achieved with enzymatic labeling of capture and detection probes at the 3' end. A signal-to-background ratio of 4 was achieved for 0.2 fmol of target DNA. The RSD were better than 4%.

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